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Job overview

**Subject to Job Matching**

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our business planning team as productivity and innovation manager with a focus on identifying areas for Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) initiatives.

Hours per week: Bank (Zero Hours)

Main duties of the job

The primary requirement will be to develop, track and monitor the delivery of local Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) initiatives. To be the key QIPP contact to liaise with the financial management team and the budget holders. The postholder will ensure that they operate within the Financial Framework set out by the Director of Finance.

The postholder will support the trust's corporate business planning processes, including the development of business cases for service change to deliver cost savings and increase income.

The postholder will be the primary source of high-quality QIPP information, expert advice, and support for a range of clinical and corporate services, meeting regularly with clinical and corporate budget holders to ensure that the current and forecast QIPP delivery of each service and the Trust is robustly determined.

Working for our organisation

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.

As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person specification

Other

Essential criteria

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more information

Essential

Essential criteria

CCAB/CIMA Qualified Accountant or within final tier of exams (Masters Equivalent)
Specialist knowledge and experience of financial and management accounting principles and practice
Have a robust understanding of financial systems (e.g. SBS) and have the ability to extract, interpret, and present relevant information for different users
Specialist knowledge of computerised and manual financial and non-financial systems (e.g. Microsoft packages), including spreadsheet and database packages. Be able to develop such systems to maximise the benefits to all users
Be able to assess the training and development needs of budget managers and to support delivery and/or deliver those needs effectively
Be able to manage time effectively, prioritise and organise short, medium and long term agendas and deliver to agreed deadlines. The post holder must have the ability to change plans at very short notice in order to respond to unpredictable requests from both internal / external sources
Be able to use highly developed negotiation and communication skills at all levels both within and external to the Trust and be able to communicate highly complex financial information to non-finance managers
Be able to communicate effectively, in writing, with all levels within the Trust and with external bodies. The post holder will be able to recognise when it is appropriate to provide written guidance, clarification or confirmation
Experience within finance
Experience within finance Able to work within a team Able to manage own time and work on own initiative Able to build and foster good working relationships

Please read the guidance for applicants and completing the application form documents prior to completing your application form (documents are located below).

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). In order to facilitate applications from all members of the community the Trust is able to offer services including Braille Applications and Interpreting Services.

The Trust may close any advertised post before the stated closing date. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible.

If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the advert closing date, regretfully you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

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Documents to download

Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 344.6KB)
East Cheshire Applicant Pack (PDF, 876.4KB)
Staff Benefits Brochure (PDF, 871.0KB)

Productivity & Innovation Manager (Bank)

Productivity & Innovation Manager (Bank)

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